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Sculpture of a fallen warrior from the temple of Aphaia at Aegina. Photograph: Print
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Fallen Warrior from Temple of Aphaia (c 480-470BC)
There is a tragic pathos to this mighty sculpture of a dying hero from a
temple on the Greek island of Aegina. Tragedy is a Greek concept. The
tragedies of Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus are still performed.
This statue shows a strong man fallen, heroic to his last breath.
The Pergamon altar (180-160BC)
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Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant Alcyoneus. Photograph: Phas/UIG via Getty
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Classical Greek art changed rapidly as Greece itself went through wars
and imperial transformations. In what is called the Hellenistic age it
became much more emotional, sensual and even sensationalist. The
furious sculptures on the Pergamon altar which can be seen in its own
museum in Berlin are full of passion and psychological drama.
The Riace bronzes (460-420BC)
One of the two Riace bronzes: the Warrior Photograph: Alinari Archives/Alinari via
Getty Images
These tremendous statues found in the sea off southern Italy in 1972 are
important because so few original Greek bronze statues survive. Most of
the classical nudes in museums were carved in marble in the Roman era,
as reproductions of such rare, and now largely lost, originals. Here we
see the true majesty of Greek art in its classical age, which occurred in
the fifth-century BC.
Goddesses from the east pediment of the Parthenon (c 438-
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Three goddesses from east pediment of the Parthenon. Photograph: The Trustees
of the British Museum
Sitting and reclining in graceful unison, these goddesses carved in
marble for the Parthenon in Athens are among the most beautiful and
mysterious images of the human form ever created. Incredibly, the artist
makes the draperies that cover their bodies as real and richly textured as
similar garments painted by Leonardo da Vinci a millennium later and
who didn't have to produce his illusions in stone. These are dream
goddesses.
Marble metope from the Parthenon (c 447-438BC)
Metope from Parthenon, battle between Centaurs and Lapiths. Photograph: DEA/G
Nimatallah/De Agostini/Getty Images
Violence is a favourite theme of ancient Greek artists. Reared on the
myth of the Trojan war and experiencing the reality of wars with Persia
and between Greek cities, classical artists found new ways to show
conflict. This human fighting a centaur, carved for the Parthenon in
Athens, is astonishingly real in its detail and dynamic energy.
God from the sea, Zeus or Poseidon (c 470BC)
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A bronze sculpture of the god Zeus, or possibly Poseidon Photograph: Archive
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This majestic bronze, found in the sea off Greece, conveys the magic of
Greek mythology. The god probably Zeus, lord of Olympus himself is
caught in the act of hurling a thunderbolt. His body is charged with divine
power, and yet, it is a human body, neither colossal nor ethereal but the
mirror of ourselves. The Greek gods are human, all too human, and their
petty squabbles cause wars and sorrow in the world.
The Siren vase (480-470BC)
The Siren vase. Photograph: Trustees of the British Museum
In Homer's Odyssey, one of the founding epics of Greek literature,
Odysseus longs to hear the seductive yet dangerous song of the sirens
that lure sailors to their deaths. So all his crew plug their ears, and
Odysseus has himself lashed to the mast. This powerful painting
captures the tension as Odysseus strains at his bonds, his whole body
agonised, his head raised in rapt listening.
The Motya charioteer (c 350BC)
The Motya charioteer. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
This is one of the most startling Greek statues to survive, and highly
revealing about the erotic charge of the Greek nude. This youth is not
technically nude, but wears a tight-fitting garment that instead of hiding
his body, heightens every contour. Greek statues are portraits of human
beauty that are meant to be arousing as well as noble. This athlete
poses in sensual triumph.
The Dionysus Cup by Exekias (c 540BC)
Dionysus, god of wine and madness, sails on his boat, surrounded by
dolphins, in this delightful painting. Part of the fascination of Greek art is
that its themes were taken up by artists down the centuries, as the myths
of this culture were constantly being rediscovered. So this image of
Dionysus can be compared with later portrayals of the wine god by
Titian, Michelangelo, or Cy Twombly.
Mask of Agamemnon (1550-1500BC)
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When the enthusiastic, romantically minded archaeologist Heinrich
Schliemann discovered this golden mask at Mycenae in 1876, he had no
doubt that it must be the death mask of Agamemnon himself, the king
who led the Greeks in the Trojan war, only to be assassinated on his
homecoming. Of course there's no proof of that, but it is one of the most
compelling faces in art.
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2ndSkin
Great top ten! I'd never seen the Dionysus cup before, it's a beautiful object.
I always loved the wild look captured in this horse's head also from the Parthenon,
now in the British Museum.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/h/head_of_a_ho
rse_of_selene.aspx
14 August 2014 2:11pm
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nothingwittyhere 2ndSkin
It doesn't say it here, but when you drink from the Dionysus cup the artwork
is meant to give the illusion that the wine is the sea and that the boat is
moving. That's why there are dolphins up the side of the cup as it's meant to
look like they are jumping with the splash. I would also check out Achilles
and the Amazonian Penthesilea (in the BM), Ajax committing suicide and
the most spectacular one of all of Exekias work's Ajax and Achilles playing.
Just look at the exquisite detail on both of the heroes cloaks. Also look up
the Berlin Painter for classic examples of red figure vase painting.
Also quite surprised that Polykletios Doryphoros is omitted (though maybe
because the only copy we have left is a marble Roman copy rather than the
original bronze?). That statue is maths in artistic form due to Polykletios
own calculations of how symmetry should work.
16 August 2014 4:34am
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ejmd
Protos!
14 August 2014 2:14pm
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JALondon
Surely the most important is the Parthenon itself, not simply for it's elegance, but
because of what it embodies. No upper chamber here.
14 August 2014 2:24pm
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Northumbriana JALondon
You do know that what the Parthenon 'embodies' is the city's treasury?
14 August 2014 6:54pm
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Girlsend
Admittedly, this is a rather nice list Mr. Jones. But also admittedly, it seems a bit
nonsensical to become enthused with any of your lists while knowing that tomorrow
you'll be right back to including the likes of Tracy Emin, and Damien Hirst, in one
your top ten lists yet again.
14 August 2014 2:32pm
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NuitsdeYoung
The bronzes, every time. They are utterly stunning.
14 August 2014 3:03pm
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The bronzes, every time. They are utterly stunning.
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ID3721033
I have always found myself more drawn to Archaic Greek stuff rather than the high
classical work. A lot of it obviously owes a great debt to Egypt but something about
the earlier Greek style married to the Egyptian influences ends up looking really
interesting.
14 August 2014 3:06pm
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BaronGrovelville ID3721033
I agree the early work is free and not mannered and the Greco-Egyptian
Fayum mummy portraits are hard to beat.
15 August 2014 6:55am
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RavefromDave
Personally I'd put The Jockey of Artemision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockey_of_Artemision
and the Alexander Mosaic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mosaic
in my top 10
14 August 2014 3:06pm
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checkoutthechintz RavefromDave
Alexander mosaic is Roman, from the House of the Faun in Pompeii
14 August 2014 5:27pm
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Edun
Winged Victory of Samothrace, in the Louvre. Urging forward, seems to emit
infrasound.
14 August 2014 3:11pm
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AlexAnder1 Edun
The absence of Laocoon and his Sons is also quite striking. I guess it's
because everyone knows those works. (Well, when I say everyone . . .)
14 August 2014 6:22pm
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tomcasagranda AlexAnder1
Actually not ancient Greek, but rather Roman.
Laocoon is a figure from Aeneid Book II by Virgil, wherein two monstrous
sea serpents, coming from the isle of Tenedos, destroy him and his two
sons.
14 August 2014 7:03pm
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GeorgeMeany tomcasagranda
Agree. It does feel quite Roman, but Pliny attributes it to three Greek
15 August 2014 12:42am
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indigohippo
No Aphrodite of Knidos?
14 August 2014 3:15pm
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Smyrna
I would put the Alexander Sarcophagus at the top of this list.
http://www.ancientexcavation.com/images/products/large/269.jpg
14 August 2014 3:17pm
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BristolEd Smyrna
Perhaps because Alexander was Macedonian, rather than Greek (although
modern romantic Greek nationalists would not be happy with that!).
Macedonia was never a region of Greece.
On the contrary, ancient Greece was subjected to Macedonia.
In 1913, modern Greece and her Balkan allies partitioned Macedonia.
If today a portion of Macedonia belongs to Greece, it is by virtue of an illegal
partition of the whole and occupation of a part of Macedonia.
14 August 2014 5:27pm
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kizbot BristolEd
And the bit in Bulgaria?
14 August 2014 5:43pm
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Smyrna BristolEd
It's called the "Alexander" sarcophagus because he is depicted on it. The
14 August 2014 5:49pm
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conja
Yes.
14 August 2014 3:24pm
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cazenove1
A great selection, Mr. Jones. Would it be possible in future similar lists to mention
where each of the artworks can be seen?
14 August 2014 3:42pm
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Multutuli
"The god probably Zeus, lord of Olympus himself is caught in the act of hurling a
thunderbolt."
How do they know? His hand and the pose suggest he's about to hurl a javelin, or a
spear, or if it's Poseidon, a trident. How about a little more "possibly". or "might be".
14 August 2014 3:54pm
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ConcernedGraduate
A tired cliche a day earns Jonathan his pay.
14 August 2014 4:07pm
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liberalquilt ConcernedGraduate
A more than worthy inclusion in the Top 10 Anti Jonathan 'he know nothing'
Jones comments list. Congratulations.
15 August 2014 6:39am
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14 August 2014 4:20pm
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God from the sea, Zeus or Poseidon (c 470BC)
it is a human body, neither colossal nor ethereal but the mirror of
ourselves. The Greek gods are human, all too human
A striking resemblance of myself as I strode out to catch the bus (c 0740am)
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herero PhilSm
God from sea with Oyster card?
14 August 2014 8:39pm
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MagnusScotland
Don't forget the Barberini Faun:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberini_Faun
14 August 2014 4:38pm
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MagnusScotland
Sorry, this time with a link. Hope this works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberini_Faun
14 August 2014 4:40pm
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pretendname
Some time ago there was a similar article in the Guardian.
Surely "Victoire de Samothrace" has to be amongst the most influential of all ancient
art works. it inspired the cultural output of a nation for a century or more.
No Winged Nike, no Statue Of Liberty.. etc.
14 August 2014 4:46pm
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IranCorrespondent
Historically and accurately an Eastern Civilization
But as I always say it's all relative on a sphere right?
14 August 2014 4:48pm
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quaysideB
Sitting and reclining in graceful unison, these goddesses carved in marble
for the Parthenon in Athens are among the most beautiful and mysterious
images of the human form ever created. Incredibly, the artist makes the
draperies that cover their bodies as real and richly textured as similar
garments painted by Leonardo da Vinci a millennium later and who
didn't have to produce his illusions in stone. These are dream goddesses.
TWO millennia, Jonathan
14 August 2014 5:02pm
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LiviaDrusilla
So much fabulousness!
I'd never seen the statue in the first picture before - it looks almost modern, kind of
pre-war Fascistic style even. Though in a good way!
The statue of Poseidon is just breathtaking, and of course Agamemnon's death
mask is always a fave. Though the Siren Vase - which again I'd never seen before -
has a kind of subtle, personalised beauty not always associated with classical art.
14 August 2014 5:02pm
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drprl LiviaDrusilla
The statues from Aigina were restored by Thorvaldsen in the 19th century
14 August 2014 5:27pm
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The statues from Aigina were restored by Thorvaldsen in the 19th century
which might account for some of the modernness. On the other hand the
Olympia Apollo is in much the same style.
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LiviaDrusilla drprl
OK thanks for that.
A Roman noblewoman such as myself needs to be au fait with the finer
aspects of Greek architecture. Wouldn't go down too well if someone of my
stature was stumpted for knowledge while reclining after cenum!
14 August 2014 5:34pm
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Hoppo
How about Laocoon and His Sons - often missed by tourists as they rush through to
the Sistine Chapel as quickly as possible:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laoco%C3%B6n_and_His_Sons
14 August 2014 5:32pm
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Snoop
Any of the exhibits at the Museum of Cycladic Art could be included:
http://www.cycladic.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=3&clang=1
14 August 2014 5:39pm
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kizbot
Pity so much of it has been looted.
14 August 2014 5:40pm
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ID0531716 kizbot
The old Zeus nightclub in Chelmsford?
14 August 2014 7:33pm
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checkoutthechintz
My vote goes to the masterful Achilles & Penthesileia:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/greece/the_myth_of_the_trojan_
war/achilles_slays_penthesilea.aspx
As well as the frieze from the Temple of Apollo at Bassae, occasionally able to be
viewed in the BM:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3816/12159534974_8bc23b0653_z.jpg
The former depicts a fateful mythological moment of recognition/love in the midst of
death. The latter shows drapery in full flow, flapping and swirling about the battling
Amazons.
14 August 2014 5:43pm
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kizbot
I like the Sandalbinder best...
14 August 2014 5:46pm
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Bochi
Surely the bronze charioteer at Delphi is worth a mention.
If the Mycenaean death mask counts, then I suppose Minoan frescoes should too.
The girl picking crocuses is masterly.
14 August 2014 6:21pm
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SocialTechnocrat Bochi
I was thinking the same thing :)
15 August 2014 6:55am
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Lewis Cropley
cool
14 August 2014 7:02pm
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tanni1930
I would have included the Praxiteles Hermes at Olympia
http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/eh151.jsp?obj_id=7126
14 August 2014 7:06pm
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dickthetag
What no archaic kouroi with their enigmatic smiles?
14 August 2014 7:18pm
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14 August 2014 7:49pm
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sacco
The left side relief of the Ludovisi Throne (can be seen in Palazzo Altemps in Rome.
14 August 2014 8:03pm
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GordonLiddle
Ah but not as much talent as out current lot like Tracy and Sarah Lucas. All that
wasted time chipping at stone when they could have just shit in a bed.
14 August 2014 8:27pm
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hic8ubique
I've often wondered and never asked
Why, if Greek nudes are meant to be so 'erotic' and 'arousing', why are otherwise
fully-developed males given miniaturised genitalia?
Not only the ancient Greeks, of course, but they do seem to have set this precedent.
Surely Zeus for example should have been depicted as virile rather than boyish in his
endowment.
Does anyone have a clue?
14 August 2014 8:44pm
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herero hic8ubique
Google has some suggestions.
http://www.penissizes.org/penis-size-art
14 August 2014 8:51pm
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hic8ubique herero
Thanks, herero, that was enlightening.
I'd be a little reluctant to google such a question...
14 August 2014 9:16pm
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herero hic8ubique
14 August 2014 9:34pm
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Didn't think didn't think you were shy hic.
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philipphilip99
The Dancing Satyr of Mazara del Vallo.
Jaw-dropping.
14 August 2014 9:22pm
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GeorgeMeany philipphilip99
Dazzling. Good call.
15 August 2014 12:46am
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sater
Glad you included Poseidon! Definitely my favorite Greek artwork. I pay him a visit at
least once a year, and I keep being impressed. A pity your picture is not very good.
I do not consider the siren vase worthy to be included in this list. It depicts an
interesting story, but is not well executed. Many better examples of painted vases
could be chosen.
I would include the Delphi charioteer, another of the few bronzes to survive.
Is it a coincidence a large proportion of your list is not to be found in the country of
origin? Easier for you to visit or are the best parts looted? Btw I disagree with te
latter.
14 August 2014 9:25pm
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philipphilip99
Also, Ray Harryhausen's animation of Talos in the film Jason and The Argonauts - a
gigantic Greek bronze come to life!
14 August 2014 9:29pm
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ElizabethBathory philipphilip99
I know it isn't strictly ancient Greece, but I saw this colossus recently in
Gardaland, Italy on the Escape from Atlantis ride - Poseidon in all his glory:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/checco/355259598/
15 August 2014 9:12am
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Scamander2
Francois vase - simply amazing. Also the Tomb of the Diver
14 August 2014 9:42pm
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cardigansinbound
Ive was wondering what the cover of the penguin classics of Herodotus i've been
readin was.
Its a detail of the head of the fallen warrior from the temple of Aphaia at Aegina.
Thank you!
14 August 2014 10:01pm
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clivejw
11 Laocoon and His Sons.
For its own mixture of beauty and horror, and also for Virgil's vivid account of their
tragedy in the Aeneid, and of course Byron's account of the same in Childe Harold:
Or, turning to the Vatican, go see
14 August 2014 11:07pm
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Or, turning to the Vatican, go see
Laocoon's torture dignifying pain -
A father's love and mortal's agony
With an immortal's patience blending: --Vain
The struggle; vain, against the coiling strain
And gripe, and deepening of the dragon's grasp,
The old man's clench; the long envenomed chain
Rivets the living links,--the enormous asp
Enforces pang on pang, and stifles gasp on gasp.
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jackheron
Not a conventional artwork, but when in the Big Olive* with enough time I always
head to the Archaeological Museum for another gander at the magnificent 2nd
century BCE Antikythera Mechanism, an extraordinary piece of early technology
whose purpose (astrolabe? GPS system? Early iPad?) js contested but whose
engineering is breathtaking.
(*Full disclosure: This is Blaine Reininger's joke, not mine...)
14 August 2014 11:43pm
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Voltaire21
There is something so modern about the clean lines of the Fallen Warrior from
Temple of Aphaia which makes it incredicible to think it was made over 2000 years
ago.
Its incredible to think that in the 19th Century they were still unable to build concrete
of as good a quality as the Romans and that there was a gap of 1250years between
the Classical age and the Renaissance of the late 15th Century. The world seems to
have been mired with barbaric hordes of limited progress.
Just looking at the modern ISIS and their warped stone age idealogy is hard to
believe that such narrowminded thinking can still happen in 2014!!!Also undeniable is
that WW1and WW2 from 1914-1945 led to a spurt in human advancement rarely
seen in the last 3000years.
15 August 2014 12:54am
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DocSubandrio Voltaire21
Christianity contributed to the down fall of the ancient Greek civilization.
Isis will also ruin the chances for secular societies in Iraq, Syria etc.
15 August 2014 9:30am
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sirbobness
Great List but no Aphrodite, Eros and Pan? Shows both the male and female nude
form plus a wicked humor as Aphrodite is brandishing her sandal at Pan as he
attempts to seduce her. Eros is whispering in her ear whether to accept reject Pans
proposal remains unclear.
Also, how many of the works listed above are actually in Greece or are they 19th
century colonial power plunder?
15 August 2014 5:07am
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MyLeftNut
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryatid#mediaviewer/File:Porch_of_Maidens.jpg
15 August 2014 6:03am
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The_Sentinel
Shame it didn't include the Euphronios krater
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trevc
Great selection. The God from the sea is one of (if not the) most powerful artworks I
have been in the same room as. You can stand in front of him where his gaze lands
and it really is like a god is looking at you.
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and it really is like a god is looking at you.
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Mike Beamer
British Museum, Berlin etc. - Give it up!
"I am Greek and I want to go home!"
https://www.facebook.com/IAmGreekAndIWantToGoHome?fref=ts
15 August 2014 7:44am
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Mike Beamer Mike Beamer
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15 August 2014 7:50am
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marosc
Jonathan - These are all fabulous selections (especially the Fallen Warrior) - could
you please add some notes saying where we can see them "in the flesh".
15 August 2014 7:51am
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bertrigby
I love to visit Phrasikleia in the Archaeological Museum in Athens
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrasikleia_Kore).
15 August 2014 8:17am
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ElizabethBathory
Has anyone mentioned the Winged Victory of Samothrace on display in the Louvre.
http://musee.louvre.fr/oal/victoiredesamothrace/victoiredesamothrace_acc_en.html
15 August 2014 9:29am
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